alt Hacker News> The vast majority of plea bargains involve people who are, in fact, guilty and are receiving a reduced sentence for saving the court's time and showing contrition. That's not a perverse incentive, it's a reasonable tradeoff that benefits both the defendant and society.
What proof do you have of this? Estimates I’ve read range from 2-25% of people who accept plea bargains are innocent.
And what recent age of innocent people is it acceptable to send to jail via coercive plea bargains to ensure no guilty people go free?
You've cited a 2-25% range. That's enormous. The low end supports my position, the high end would be catastrophic. Where's your source for 25%?
Here's mine for the low end: a study examining attorney perspectives on plea bargaining https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6368263/ and multiple sources citing 2-8% of felony guilty pleas involve innocent https://testif-i.com/issues/plea-bargains/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/12/26/plea-bargainin...
At 2%, that's 98% guilty - which is what I meant by "vast majority." If you're claiming 25%, prove it.